Project badges API (FREE ALL)
Placeholder tokens
Badges support placeholders that are replaced in real-time in both the link and image URL. The allowed placeholders are:
- %{project_path}: Replaced by the project path.
- %{project_title}: Replaced by the project title.
- %{project_name}: Replaced by the project name.
- %{project_id}: Replaced by the project ID.
- %{default_branch}: Replaced by the project default branch.
- %{commit_sha}: Replaced by the last project's commit SHA.
List all badges of a project
Gets a list of a project's badges and its group badges.
GET /projects/:id/badges
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
name |
string | no | Name of the badges to return (case-sensitive). |
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges?name=Coverage"
Example response:
[
{
"name": "Coverage",
"id": 1,
"link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=%{project_path}&ref=%{default_branch}",
"image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
"rendered_link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=example-org/example-project&ref=master",
"rendered_image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
"kind": "project"
},
{
"name": "Pipeline",
"id": 2,
"link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=%{project_path}&ref=%{default_branch}",
"image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
"rendered_link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=example-org/example-project&ref=master",
"rendered_image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
"kind": "group"
}
]
Get a badge of a project
Gets a badge of a project.
GET /projects/:id/badges/:badge_id
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
badge_id |
integer | yes | The badge ID |
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges/:badge_id"
Example response:
{
"name": "Coverage",
"id": 1,
"link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=%{project_path}&ref=%{default_branch}",
"image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
"rendered_link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=example-org/example-project&ref=master",
"rendered_image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
"kind": "project"
}
Add a badge to a project
Adds a badge to a project.
POST /projects/:id/badges
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
link_url |
string | yes | URL of the badge link |
image_url |
string | yes | URL of the badge image |
name |
string | no | Name of the badge |
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
--data "link_url=https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/commits/master&image_url=https://shields.io/my/badge1&name=mybadge" \
"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges"
Example response:
{
"id": 1,
"name": "mybadge",
"link_url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/commits/master",
"image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge1",
"rendered_link_url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/commits/master",
"rendered_image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge1",
"kind": "project"
}
Edit a badge of a project
Updates a badge of a project.
PUT /projects/:id/badges/:badge_id
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
badge_id |
integer | yes | The badge ID |
link_url |
string | no | URL of the badge link |
image_url |
string | no | URL of the badge image |
name |
string | no | Name of the badge |
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges/:badge_id"
Example response:
{
"id": 1,
"name": "mybadge",
"link_url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/commits/master",
"image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
"rendered_link_url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/commits/master",
"rendered_image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
"kind": "project"
}
Remove a badge from a project
Removes a badge from a project. Only project badges are removed by using this endpoint.
DELETE /projects/:id/badges/:badge_id
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
badge_id |
integer | yes | The badge ID |
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges/:badge_id"
Preview a badge from a project
Returns how the link_url
and image_url
final URLs would be after resolving the placeholder interpolation.
GET /projects/:id/badges/render
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
link_url |
string | yes | URL of the badge link |
image_url |
string | yes | URL of the badge image |
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges/render?link_url=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fci_status.svg%3Fproject%3D%25%7Bproject_path%7D%26ref%3D%25%7Bdefault_branch%7D&image_url=https%3A%2F%2Fshields.io%2Fmy%2Fbadge"
Example response:
{
"link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=%{project_path}&ref=%{default_branch}",
"image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
"rendered_link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=example-org/example-project&ref=master",
"rendered_image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge"
}